Ziff Davis

Data Engineer III, Data Platform

Ziff Davis

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇪🇸 Spain

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AirflowAmazon RedshiftAWSCloudCyber SecurityJavaMySQLPythonScalaSparkSQL

About the role

  • Develop high volume data processing jobs across various platforms including Redshift, Athena, Iceberg, Spark and Airflow
  • Work closely with Data Scientists to turn theory and methodology into viable products
  • Identify bottlenecks in system performance and make recommendations on improving process efficiency
  • Support and collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and product managers
  • Mentor and guide junior team members on architectural principles, best practices, and effective ways of working
  • Help process Ookla's global collection of data on mobile and fixed internet performance

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
  • Strong understanding of programming concepts with experience in at least 1 OOP language (Python, Scala, Java)
  • Strong background and 3+ years of direct experience working with Python
  • Experience with high volume distributed data processing in Spark
  • Strong working knowledge of SQL, databases (MySQL / Redshift / Athena / Trino), data modeling, and modern data warehouse (lakehouse) management
  • Excellent troubleshooting and analysis skills
  • Excited to learn and work with new technologies in a dynamic environment
  • Strong communication skills both in person and via virtual mediums
  • Strong time management skills and a self driven work ethic
  • Experience with AWS cloud services is a plus
  • Experience with event driven architecture and streaming data pipelines is a plus
  • Background check required